Add more documentation to the custom stanza examples.

examples/custom_stanzas/custom_stanza_provider.py

@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ else:
 class ActionBot(sleekxmpp.ClientXMPP):
 
     """
-    A simple SleekXMPP bot that provides a basic
+    A simple SleekXMPP bot that receives a custom stanza
-    adhoc command.
+    from another client.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, jid, password):
@@ -54,7 +54,12 @@ class ActionBot(sleekxmpp.ClientXMPP):
         self.registerHandler(
           Callback('Some custom iq',
             StanzaPath('iq@type=set/action'),
-            self._handleAction))
+            self._handle_action))
+
+        self.add_event_handler('custom_action', 
+                self._handle_action_event, 
+                threaded=True)
+
         register_stanza_plugin(Iq, Action)
 
     def start(self, event):
@@ -73,17 +78,34 @@ class ActionBot(sleekxmpp.ClientXMPP):
         self.send_presence()
         self.get_roster()
 
-    def _handleAction(self, iq):
+    def _handle_action(self, iq):
-        if iq['action']['method'] == 'is_prime' and iq['action']['param'] == '2':
+        """
-            print("got message: " + str(iq))
+        Raise an event for the stanza so that it can be processed in its
+        own thread without blocking the main stanza processing loop.
+        """
+        self.event('custom_action', iq)
+
+    def _handle_action_event(self, iq):
+        """
+        Respond to the custom action event.
+
+        Since one of the actions is to disconnect, this
+        event handler needs to be run in threaded mode, by
+        using `threaded=True` in the `add_event_handler` call.
+        """
+        method = iq['action']['method']
+        param = iq['action']['param']
+
+        if method == 'is_prime' and param == '2':
+            print("got message: %s" % iq)
             iq.reply()
             iq['action']['status'] = 'done'
             iq.send()
-        elif iq['action']['method'] == 'bye':
+        elif method == 'bye':
-            print("got message: " + str(iq))
+            print("got message: %s" % iq)
             self.disconnect()
         else:
-            print("got message: " + str(iq))
+            print("got message: %s" % iq)
             iq.reply()
             iq['action']['status'] = 'error'
             iq.send()

examples/custom_stanzas/custom_stanza_user.py

@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ import getpass
 from optparse import OptionParser
 
 import sleekxmpp
-
+from sleekxmpp import Iq
+from sleekxmpp.exceptions import XMPPError
 from sleekxmpp.xmlstream import register_stanza_plugin
+
 from stanza import Action
 
 # Python versions before 3.0 do not use UTF-8 encoding
@@ -33,8 +35,8 @@ else:
 class ActionUserBot(sleekxmpp.ClientXMPP):
 
     """
-    A simple SleekXMPP bot that uses the adhoc command
+    A simple SleekXMPP bot that sends a custom action stanza
-    provided by the adhoc_provider.py example.
+    to another client.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, jid, password, other):
@@ -47,10 +49,10 @@ class ActionUserBot(sleekxmpp.ClientXMPP):
         # and the XML streams are ready for use. We want to
         # listen for this event so that we we can initialize
         # our roster.
-        self.add_event_handler("session_start", self.start)
+        self.add_event_handler("session_start", self.start, threaded=True)
         self.add_event_handler("message", self.message)
 
-        register_stanza_plugin(sleekxmpp.Iq, Action)
+        register_stanza_plugin(Iq, Action)
 
     def start(self, event):
         """
@@ -71,12 +73,16 @@ class ActionUserBot(sleekxmpp.ClientXMPP):
         self.send_custom_iq()
 
     def send_custom_iq(self):
+        """Create and send two custom actions.
+
+        If the first action was successful, then send
+        a shutdown command and then disconnect.
+        """
         iq = self.Iq()
         iq['to'] = self.action_provider
         iq['type'] = 'set'
-        iq.enable('action')
         iq['action']['method'] = 'is_prime'
-        iq['action']['param'] = str(2)
+        iq['action']['param'] = '2'
 
         try:
             resp = iq.send()
@@ -85,12 +91,14 @@ class ActionUserBot(sleekxmpp.ClientXMPP):
                 iq2 = self.Iq()
                 iq2['to'] = self.action_provider
                 iq2['type'] = 'set'
-                iq2.enable('action')
                 iq2['action']['method'] = 'bye'
-                iq2.send(block = False)
+                iq2.send(block=False)
-                self.disconnect()
+            
-        except sleekxmpp.exceptions.XMPPError:
+                # The wait=True delays the disconnect until the queue
-            pass
+                # of stanzas to be sent becomes empty.
+                self.disconnect(wait=True)
+        except XMPPError:
+            print('There was an error sending the custom action.')
 
     def message(self, msg):
         """

examples/custom_stanzas/stanza.py

@@ -1,8 +1,56 @@
 from sleekxmpp.xmlstream import ElementBase
 
 class Action(ElementBase):
+
+    """
+    A stanza class for XML content of the form:
+
+    <action xmlns="sleekxmpp:custom:actions">
+      <method>X</method>
+      <param>X</param>
+      <status>X</status>
+    </action>
+    """
+   
+    #: The `name` field refers to the basic XML tag name of the
+    #: stanza. Here, the tag name will be 'action'.
     name = 'action'
+
+    #: The namespace of the main XML tag.
     namespace = 'sleekxmpp:custom:actions'
+
+    #: The `plugin_attrib` value is the name that can be used
+    #: with a parent stanza to access this stanza. For example
+    #: from an Iq stanza object, accessing:
+    #: 
+    #:     iq['action']
+    #: 
+    #: would reference an Action object, and will even create
+    #: an Action object and append it to the Iq stanza if
+    #: one doesn't already exist.
     plugin_attrib = 'action'
+
+    #: Stanza objects expose dictionary-like interfaces for
+    #: accessing and manipulating substanzas and other values.
+    #: The set of interfaces defined here are the names of
+    #: these dictionary-like interfaces provided by this stanza
+    #: type. For example, an Action stanza object can use:
+    #:
+    #:     action['method'] = 'foo'
+    #:     print(action['param'])
+    #:     del action['status']
+    #:
+    #: to set, get, or remove its values.
     interfaces = set(('method', 'param', 'status'))
+
+    #: By default, values in the `interfaces` set are mapped to
+    #: attribute values. This can be changed such that an interface
+    #: maps to a subelement's text value by adding interfaces to
+    #: the sub_interfaces set. For example, here all interfaces
+    #: are marked as sub_interfaces, and so the XML produced will
+    #: look like:
+    #: 
+    #:     <action xmlns="sleekxmpp:custom:actions">
+    #:       <method>foo</method>
+    #:     </action>
     sub_interfaces = interfaces